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Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:56 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Goofyernmost wrote:I went to a Business College. The dress code was white shirts, Dress Slacks, Tie and Sports Jacket. No air conditioning and no blood flow to the brain due to the tie. Ah, good times! I think I have worn a tie only about 7 times since then and that has been mostly to funerals. Oh, and once at my wedding. Other than that I think that whomever came up with the concept of ties, should be hung with one.
Yeah, but there are ways to get back!! I started wearing my much prized Disney ties when I had to for work.
(I did get a comment from a judge once, when I was in his chambers with some paperwork, but it turns out he had the same tie!)
The trick is to get a dress shirt with a collar that is about a half size bigger than your neck, and dont chinch the tie tight, just snug to the shirt.
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:21 pm
by Captain C
Elena (aka: Bubble Lady) wrote:[font="Palatino Linotype"]does anyone besides me remember when disneyland had a dress code? guests had to abide by the dress code or they couldn't get into the park? my sister's ex had a patch on his pants (it didn't cover a hole it was at a time a lot of us can remember when patches were popular...the early 70's) that said "your problem is obvious" and had a guy with his head up his ass...security came up to him and said he couldn't go in with that on...so he simply undid the stitches and took the patch off...[/font]
WOWZERS! That's a little strict, don'tcha think? Anyway, I recall hearing that Davy Jones from The Monkees wasn't allowed in Disneyland because his hair was too long (this was in the 60s I believe) XD which made it doubly funny when I found out they had him performing at Disney World a couple years back
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:25 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Captain C wrote:WOWZERS! That's a little strict, don'tcha think? Anyway, I recall hearing that Davy Jones from The Monkees wasn't allowed in Disneyland because his hair was too long (this was in the 60s I believe) XD which made it doubly funny when I found out they had him performing at Disney World a couple years back
back then, that was the way it was!
I remember reading stories of individuals denied entry to DL because of their hair styles and the way they were dressed.
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:26 pm
by Captain C
Originally Posted by Mikey
The girls 300 pound mother came sashaying around the corner jiggling like jello in clothes which appeared to be painted on her, in brilliant shades of fluorescent color. She was definitely putting 20 pounds into a 10 pound sack. Picture one of those highway safety barrels with arms and legs.
Shudder.
She couldn't have been worse then that fat woman I saw dressed as Halle Berry's Catwoman. I think she burned her image into my eyeballs XD
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:back then, that was the way it was!
I remember reading stories of individuals denied entry to DL because of their hair styles and the way they were dressed.
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:54 pm
by hobie16
Goofyernmost wrote:I went to a Business College. The dress code was white shirts, Dress Slacks, Tie and Sports Jacket. No air conditioning and no blood flow to the brain due to the tie. Ah, good times!
One company I taught at had a country club casual dress code for students. The first day of one class I noticed a student dressed in a blazer and very clubby looking tie. I told him it was country club casual. He replied in a very condescending, upper crust, British accent, "This IS country club casual."
Ya learn something everyday.
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:11 pm
by Elena (aka: Bubble Lady)
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:back then, that was the way it was!
I remember reading stories of individuals denied entry to DL because of their hair styles and the way they were dressed.
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omg, have we turned into those people who say "well, back in MY day..."? i've turned into my dad...and here, all this time i'd thought i'd turned into my mom ;) ...but, yes, people were turned away regularly because of the way they dressed or wore their hair...see how far we've come? now you can wear just about anything as long as it covers you[/font]
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:33 pm
by Belgarion42
Goofyernmost wrote:Other than that I think that whomever came up with the concept of ties, should be hung with one.
My wife insists that ties were invented by a woman as retaliation for high-heeled shoes!
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:49 pm
by Cheshire Figment
The Purpose Of An Expensive Silk Tie (Which Requires Dry Cleaning) Is To Protect A Person's Launderable Cheap Cotton Shirt From Being Stained
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:12 pm
by hobie16
Cheshire Figment wrote:The Purpose Of An Expensive Silk Tie (Which Requires Dry Cleaning) Is To Protect A Person's Launderable Cheap Cotton Shirt From Being Stained
I disagree. The more expensive a tie is the greater its magnetic ability to attract guacamole.
Re: inappropriate clothes
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:42 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
hobie16 wrote:I disagree. The more expensive a tie is the greater its magnetic ability to attract guacamole.
Very true, and its also a triple magnet when you are at lunch, with an important meeting or speaking engagement right after!!